From early childhood, my love for drawing filled our home. Sheets of paper covered the walls, filled with my sketches of storybook characters and imagined worlds. My mother noticed my passion long before I understood it. When I was very young, I was even invited to kindergarten to paint tiny miniatures on the children’s lockers — my first “commissioned murals,” though I hardly knew the word.
My art teacher later saw something in me that I could not yet see in myself. She advised my parents to enroll me in art school, and at the age of thirteen I took the entrance exams. To my surprise, I qualified to enter directly into the second year. I had never considered myself talented — I simply loved to paint.
My years in art school opened the door to a world of creativity. I was inspired by Picasso and fascinated by art history. My entrance piece, Sketch of Autumn Leaves Stained Glass, created in the style of Synthetic Cubism, helped shape my early sense of color and composition. Later, one of my paintings was selected by the City Administration, where it hung in the local government building. It was, in a way, my first exhibition.
Alongside painting, another language entered my life: poetry. I wrote my first poem at six years old. As a quiet, introverted child, I found comfort in solitude — sitting in a field of flowers, talking to a bumblebee resting on a petal.
Many of my early poems were born in those quiet moments with nature.
In my teenage years, poetry became my way to speak with myself — and with God. It became a way to make sense of life.
Today, my poetry and paintings are deeply intertwined — words and colors merging into one expression of my inner world. As a quiet, introverted child, I found solace in words — sit
In adulthood, my path moved into the world of artistic miniature design. For nearly twenty years, I worked with micro-details, layered textures, and intricate compositions. This experience shaped my patience, precision, and devotion to detail — qualities that later became the quiet technical foundation of my painting style.
I continued to deepen my artistic practice through studies with contemporary artists from Slovenia, Russia, the USA, and Italy, each encounter adding something to my evolving vision.
During these years, I painted, experimented with resin, and explored different artistic directions. Yet the dream of returning fully to painting never left me. Life, however, had its own plan. After a long period of illness, I was forced to leave my profession — a moment that felt like loss but became a profound gift. It opened a path to self-discovery and led me back to art.
Today, I am a full-time artist.
Abstract contemporary art allows me to express emotions that cannot be spoken — only felt. I am drawn to everything vast and mysterious: space, mist, the northern lights, the depth of the ocean, and the fragile moments between darkness and light. These landscapes of the soul mirror my own journey.
In addition to abstraction, I am inspired by seascapes, mountains, and forests. My paintings often echo my poems — visual poetry built from color, silence, and light.
My hope is that through my art, you can feel the quiet heartbeat of the world — and that it touches your heart as deeply as it touches mine.